
A Fugitive from the Past(1965)
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest.


Miyuki Takakura
Kyôko Imai
Tatsuo Terashima
Sôichi Akao

Yōichi Numata
Inspector Miyata
Keinosuke Wada
Akio Shima
Yasuko Mita
Minako Imai

Katsuko Wakasugi
Female Prisoner Kimie

Fumiko Miyata
Midori Imai
Keiko Hamano
Female Prisoner Yumiko
Kōtarō Sugie
Doctor
Sōzaburō Kikuchi
Detective Watanabe
Death Row Woman is a drama, crime, mystery film released in 1960. Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa, it stars Miyuki Takakura, Tatsuo Terashima, Yōichi Numata. Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.
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